Men have higher body temperatures than women. If your heating goes out in winter, I recommend sleeping next to a man. Men are like portable heaters that snore.Rita Rudner

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A lady on the airplane strikes up a conversation with the fellow sitting in the next seat, "..and where are you going?"

"I'm going to San Francisco to a Unix convention," he replies.

"Eunuchs convention?" she questions. "I didn't know there were that many of you." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A language instructor was explaining to her class that in French, nouns unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.

"House," in French, is feminine-"la mansion."

"Pencil," in French, is masculine - "le crayon."

One puzzled student asked, "...What gender is computer?..."

The teacher did not know, and the word wasn't in her French dictionary.

So for fun she split the class into two groups appropriately enough, by gender, and asked them to decide whether "computer" should be a masculine or feminine noun.

Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The men's group decided that computers should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computer"), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for possible later retrieval.

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine ("le computer"), because:

1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.

2. They have a lot of data but they are still clueless.

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems but half the time they ARE the problem.

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you'd waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There was a doctor, a civil engineer, and a computer scientist sitting around late one evening, and they got to discussing which was the oldest profession.

The doctor pointed out that according to Biblical tradition, God created Eve from Adam's rib.

This obviously required surgery, so therefore that was the oldest profession in the world.

The engineer countered with an earlier passage in the Bible that stated that God created order from the chaos, and that was most certainly the biggest and best civil engineering example ever, and also proved that his profession was the oldest profession.

The computer scientist leaned back in her chair, and with a sly smile responded, "Yes, but who do you think created the chaos?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The gigantic computer took up a whole wall, dwarfing the two mathematicians standing before it.

After much flashing and humming a sliver of paper emerged from the vitals of the machine.

One mathematician, after studying it gravely, turned to the other and said with awe, "Do you realise that it would take four hundred ordinary mathematicians a hundred years of calculations to make a mistake this big?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced that it is selling advertising space in the error messages that appear in Windows.

Acknowledging for the first time that the average user of their operating system encounters error messages at least several times a day, Microsoft is trying to take financial advantage of the unavoidable opportunity to make an ad impression.

"We estimate that throughout the world at any given moment several million people are getting a 'General Protection Fault' or 'Illegal Operation' warning.

We will be able to generate significant revenue by including a short advertising message along with it," said Microsoft marketing director Nathan Mirror.

He also mentioned that Microsoft is intended to add banner ads into its Blue Screen of Death in the near future.

The Justice Department immediately indicated that they intend to investigate whether Microsoft is gaining an unfair advantage in reaching the public with this advertising by virtue of its semi-monopolistic control over error messages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good morning everyboomie.

I'm trying to be in a morning state of mind with a birdie on my shoulder whispering "gotta go nite nite?" in my ear, and a doggie who wants to curl up on my lap and sleep.

The little kid inside of me only wants a clean dry diaper, and a warm bottle of milk, warm crib, and my mommy.

The old man inside of me wants water to hydrate with, plenty of Depends, and a warm crypt, and my mummy.

Better get an electric blanket for mummy. She's cold natured.

Poor circulation I guess.

Drafty pyramid.

Have a happy day everyone.

joe

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"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in." Will Rogers

Good morning everyone. Today our computers are supposed to go to our friend to be upgraded. That is if all the parts came in. He will have them for a few days. To all here and all who follow, have a Wonderful Saturday. Danish, Omelets, Bacon Sandwiches, and Hot Chocolate in the NC.

we are having a sandstorm ,of all things. winds of 35-40mph ,and visibility is awful. till 8pm tonight. so of course,just hoping we don't lose power ,or have anything damaged.just getting over the hail damage from two weeks ago. our grocery store is still not open yet..sigh ( they lost their roof )

so , i'm going to game in between painting and napping ,not going out since i'm trying to beat off a cold - should be a nice easy day !

Hi all. Sorry I haven't been in the diner much lately. I've been so worried about my BIL. He's been in the hospital. After they let him come home for a day he had a temp of 104 and was very disoriented so the ambulance took him to the hospital ( close to where he lives) He has an infection and needed to be back in the hospital so the doctors can find out where the infection is comimg from. I spoke with him today and he's not in good shape. My heart goes out to him. Please keep him in your prayers if you would. Thank you. My sister is still in a facility for addicts for about another week, then she goes to a halfway house for 3 to 6 months. They both need your prayers. Thank you. Please forgive me for not being here. I will keep you posted if anything changes.